Hola.
Remember this foto?
Pan de Muerto? Bread of
Dead?
Anyway, a new piece of
info to add to the whole Día de los Muertos. This bread is not to eat. You put
it on the alter you have made, and it is meant to be an offering to the
departed.
Rumor has it, all the food
sits on the alter and if you eat the food after el 2 de noviembre, it will have no
flavour as the flavour was consumed by the departed.
Me? I am not going to try
it. Yikes.
Ok, our day. Great
sleep…until 4am. What up with that lil’guy? But I took him next door and he
fell asleep promptly, not waking up until 715am…wow, we slept in.
A good morning rutina and
had a fun walk as usual.
And how was the little
Casanova?
Ok, some info. The little niña is one years old, tiny and does not walk yet. The padre might be 17, and I have seen him in the zocalo regularly with another hombre and his niña.
The niña loves Max and unlike many other niños, is not timida of him due to his size.
This "head on head" thing is how Max shows you he loves you. Ask for a kiss, and this is what I too get. Max loves this lil'niña!!
So after all the affection, the otra hombre asks me to get Max to show hi amigo Max's trick. Ok..."Max, where is your belly button?"...and Max pulls up his shirt to show off his buddha and his belly button. The hombre laughed very hard.
And after the tricks were over, Max and this lil'senorita got into a conversation that amazed both padres. It lasted on and off for over 15 minutes.
After the walk, we had a
great nap and then madre took over with the lil’guy.
We all went to Marina Park
Plaza to check out the site of the fiesta. Good news is that at least half the
area is in the shade at 1pm, and K&R will ensure we have some umbrellas as
well.
So, it is set and there is
an 8 day countdown until Max turns 1 year old!! Seems like lots of peeps are
excited about attending the fiesta…including some peeps that have not been
invited. Doph.
It is a small town and a
small condo complex, so word about the fiesta is out, but we invited only the
peeps we have had regular contact with. Our solution is to bring back a postre
for the peeps who wanted to come, but missed out.
Stay tuned…we might have a
bunch of angry peeps on our hands!! Ja ja ja
Off to Che as a familia
and madre loaded us up with some leche y formula for the little guy…once he is
off the boobie that is.
No big scores at Che…more
salmon for the lil’guy as he LOVES salmon, and yup, some real leche for padre.
Max has been pooped out
from all his daily activities and today was no different. We came home and he
made it very clear that he was tired.
So off the two of them
went for the siesta and I put away the loot and then headed to Papaloapan for
some rib eyes. Yummy rib eye domingo in this casa!!
I popped in to say hola to
Daniel and his familia who were visiting the tienda, and whom we had seen at
Che as well. Daniel Jr was trying on Dracula costumes for school.
As Daniel explains it,
niños see traditions like Halloween on TV and the school lets them dress up for
the one day. There is no casa to casa trick or treating here, but I am told
niños do walk around the zocalo, going from restaurante to restaurante looking
for pesos or treats.
We will check it out…stay
tuned.
I did make it to the gym
and after that, it was pool time for the familia. Follow that with the PM
rutina, and you are all caught up.
Misc fotos.
Hola Petra!!
Mañana…the race is on at
1pm EST and since our clocks fall back one hour tonight, I get to tune in at
11am vs noon.
But…the clocks falling
back also means it is VERY likely that Max will be awake at 6am vs 7am!! I
thought this was all about gaining an hour and instead I get less sleep? Ja ja
ja
Ok, have a great domingo.
Marco, Bexico y Max
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